John Cena Opens Up On ‘Epiphany’ He Had Day Before WWE Retirement

John Cena has opened up on an epiphany he had about professional wrestling a day before his WWE retirement match.

Cena’s last match took place last weekend at WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event, where he lost his retirement match to GUNTHER on the show, bringing an end to his career.

Cena took part in his first interview following his retirement on Cody Rhodes’ What Do You Wanna Talk About? podcast, where he opened up on an epiphany he had about wrestling the night before his retirement.

He said:

“The epiphany was crazy, it’s just an example of lets never stop learning. This is Friday, I get this, like holy shit I found a way to say what I’m actually feeling. I was just reading through a book and it was about the ability to have fierce conversations, and you want to let everyone contribute. The power of the pause and the silence, essentially ‘slowing down’.

“It’s those moments where you do action, that’s your piece of the conversation, and then you let the arena have their piece of the conversation. I’m like holy shit, I think I can finally articulate what’s up here to a Je’von Evans, at 21 years old.

“Like Je’von, if I talk to you for 45 minutes you’re not gonna care, but if we can talk, you can tell me what’s on your mind, and I can talk to you then maybe we both walk away having grown a little bit. Just make sure you do that in your matches.

“I don’t have to say ‘slow down kid, you’re going too fast’. That immediately puts you on the defensive. Slow down, you can’t keep up old man. It’s not about that, you’re gonna feel it when you feel it, and now you’ve got a chip on your shoulder to prove me wrong and prove working fast is gonna work.

“I’m not saying it doesn’t, I’m just saying just make sure you always have a conversation with them out there, and that happened the day before I retired. What I love about it is you’re learning all the time.”

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